p.3

3.
did not mean to give it
general [underlined in original] application---but
there is a lower degradation
of woman than [even?] that
in all countries.
Have you been at all
interested in the "Interna-
tional League" of which
Mad. [E???gg] is president?
She wished to establish a
branch association here
& has appointed Mrs
Stanton as a [central?] for
New York, & myself for
Geneva. You probably
know that Geneva is my
home. It is a very con-
servative place---I don't
know one single soul
there in sympathy with
the great reforms of the day.
Now would it not
be better for you to